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Plans Shelved By Decision of | Stpreme Court
State Ruling Casts Clouds On Bond Issues
By RICHARD LEWIS The City of Indianapolis Faces an unprecedented crisis
.in financing major public im-
provements to sustain
postwar growth. It is ready to build new fewers, new additions to overcrowded General Hospital, new bridges to ease congestion and swimming pools for children, all costing some $36 million. But Mayor Feeney has been forced to shelve them for the city is stymied on financing. All imvements are out because of a tate Supreme Court decision. KO's 1945 Statute The decision invalidated a 1945 statute which made the General Hospital and Health Department a special taxing district. It thereby] cast doubt on the validity of bonds issued by the Parks, 'Sanitation and Flood Control districts, which have been special taxing districts for years. i
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Until the cloud is’ lifted, and a suit is pending in Hammond to attempt that, bond attorneys will not approve mew special district bonds. Mayor Feeney has held up bids on the new 34th and 37th Sts. sewers for Forest Manor. ‘And three swimming pools for the West Side are now out of the question. on Jobs Sidetrackéd Enlargement of the Sanitation Plant in Engle Wood, which is required to stop the pollution of
beén put away. The bridge cannot be built until the channel ‘of Fall Creek is altered. The Flood Board cannot sell bonds finance the job. If the suit in Hammond should, go against the city, and wipe out the special taxing district as a means of financing, Indianapolis] would face: a critical financial future for years to come. New improvements could not be made except under the bonding power of the municipal corporation. This is limited to $12, million by the state constitutional provision that no Hoosier municipality can issue bonds exceeding 2 per cent of its assessed valumtion. The assessed valuation here is about $600 million. Against it there are general obligation bonds totaling about $9.5 million, leaving a $2.5 million margin. That would just about finance the new surgical and psychiatric units the General Hospital needs. But no gore. City Helps in Suit The court ruled that the creation of a special taxing district was a device to evade the constitutional debt limitation of municipal corporations. Although this applied only to the hospital, bond attorneys believed it clouded the fegality of future bonds from the plder tax districts. Brokers would t Bo eid found itself stymied,
Hammond created a sanitary Bistrict in 1941 to finance a pewage treatment plant. It had been dumping its sewage into Lake Michigan. But Illinois, through the United States Supreme Court, forced Hoosier cities in the Calumet to ease polluting the lake, from which Chicago draws its drinking water. Hammond officials then instituted a friendly suit to get the e court to clarify the bond position of sanitary and other tax districts. Indianapolis city attorneys are helping in the fight.
Still Expect Fund To Go Over Top rs
still has a chance going over the top” in the ny Fund drive for the
those who haven't been conand come through, il E. (Bill) chairman of the 1949 Indianapolis Community Fund camsaid last night, “we still good chance of making our the Wednesday deadline.” last night were still 10 per cent short of announced goal of $1,280,000, Mr. Kuhn remained optimis-
“1 feel confident,” he said, “that number of persons overin the drive or who didn’t
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On | Grid Front
Yesterday was a nightmare for the football odds
Friday night they dined on greembacks and sucker picks before retiring. The combination produced a horrible dream—or upsets in slumber technicolor, This is what they saw: Purdue trapped Minnesota, 13-7 to put the Bier-man-coached boys’ thoughts of a Rose Bowl down a Gopher hole. Tennessee and not the coal strike de-
Pitt's Panthers dropped Penn from the undefeated
Southern Methodist, minus all of Doak Walker but his toe, rocked Texas, 7-6. Kentucky just managed to squeak by Cincinnati, 14-7. To offset this upset indigestion the bicarbonate
40-0; Wisconsin's 30-14 conquest of Indiana and Ball State’s 16-6 decision over Valparaiso. Army spanked VMI, 40-14; Oklahoma stung Iowa State, 34-7, and Baylor crushed TCU, 40-14. DePauw also made it a better day by dropping favored Lake Forest, 31-6. (Details are on Pages 33-36 and 44)
and North Carolina, 35-6.
Illinois State Normal, 14-0.
Dame which sank Navy,
UN President To Speak Here
Brig. Gen, Carlos P. Romulo, president of the United Nations,
will speak in Indianapolis next Saturday.
The address , by Gen. Romulo in the World War Memorial Auditorium will be sponsored by the Indianapolis Branch of the English - Speaking Union. As personal aid to Gen. Douglas Mac- §¢ Arthur, he was 0" “the last man
off Bataan.” Gen. Romulo will be the din-
ner guest of the iow’s
Hoosier, 2 Others Held in 3-State
Theft Series
Pre-Halloween Quietest in Years
Police-Sheriff Drive Proves Effective
A police-deputy sheriff crackdown Friday on Halloween vandalism bore fruit last night. Law enforcement officials waited in vain for an expected flood of calls from indignant householders complaining about damage to property. Only a few calls came in. Sgt. Paul Whiteside, who, as radio tcher has spent 10 years sending patrol cars to trouble spots, said it was the
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. Oct. 29 (UP)—The end of a long ride in a 1937 Ford car was the Pulaski County jail here today for three teen-age boys who admitted the theft of the car and burglaries in three states. State police identified the trio as William Day, 14, of Evansviile, Ind, and Chester E. Robertson and Howard Salyer, both 17, who said they were AWOL from Ft. Knox, Ky. » #” EJ LT. H. R. PETERSON of the state police said the youths admitted stealing the car and items found in their possession. Lt. Peterson said the boys told him the burglaries occurred as they meandered across Indiana, Kentucky and ‘Tennessee. The trio was being held on an
open charge here pending word from Indiana authorities,
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jetest pre-Halloween Saturday in his experience.
of ‘preventive of _ vandalism culminated in false report of a train-car wie Windows Broken | Several broken windows were reported last night. Air mysteriously leaked from automobile tires here and there. A man who didn’t want his name mentioned said he found a goat wandering around in his yard. Nobody reported missing a goat. M. A. Flannagan, 3571 Watson Rd., told police his white garage was painted with streaks of |black. William Davis, 3145 N. {Tacoma Ave. found the light {meter pulled off the side of his house and the exposed ‘ wires sputtering.
i» ad Hiya, Neighbor CHESTER, Pa. Oct. 29 (UP)—Two Chester apartment house dwellers passed each other in a darkened hallway this morning. Each thought the other an intruder. A battle royal broke out. One fired a gun. No one was hurt. The “neighbors,” Hugh McAteer Jr, 27, and Charles Cunningham, 35, swore they'd never seen each other before,
On the Inside
First Section Picture story of Patrolman Al Magenheimer directing traffic and campaign for sheriff. .... American Legion gets set for annual fall meeting. Senator Capehart sees straight sailing ahead, a discussion of Republican senatorial politics by Political Writer Robert Bloem. .......... Complete events calendar, marriage licenses. .... Around: the state. .........cxisisnnenesvnneses
Doings in the churches, by Emma Rivers Milner. .. (Other local, state and national news, Pages 2-10)
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Ft. Harrison Park—A Dream That Could Come TIUC. ‘¢.ovvininsnrnninnivnadasavasvassess Page 11 Love By the Ton . . . Victor Peterson visits the
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Washington Calling, World Report and Our Fair City. SAGER LIers Ns I Eases rss esses Page 13 Harold Hartley's Business News. .i..c......... Page 17
(Editorials, Anton Scherrer, Hoosier Forum, Mrs. Manners, Ed Sovola, Radio Log, House Plans,
| Third Section Louise Fletcher's Counter Spy, Katy Atkins’ Social Scene. :....ciciiiiiiiriiiiiiiirnseisines Page "Elise Morrow's Capital Capers. ................ Page 24 (Weddings, Teen Talk, Club Calendar, Marguerite
Tabbert’'s Home Furnish-
ings, Blackwood on Bridge, Pages 23-32)
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stomped her in the face with my heel.”
2 Killed Instantly
As Car Smashes Into Dump Truck Here
A 15-year-old boy yesterday confessed the fatal beat-
ling of a 79-year-old woman,
crippled by .arthritis, who had frequently befriended him and robbing her of more than $40 a week ago. Mrs. Callie Richardson, of 333 W. 31st St., died yesterday morning in St. Vincent's Hospital without regaining consciousness. She
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was discovered by neighbors last Saturday morning sprawled across her bed. Charles Webster of 3038 Boulevard Place, was ed with murder last night after he had taken Police Inspector Jack O'Neal to. the Richardson home and described how he had beaten the woman. He was confined to a cell in Marion County Jail pending arraignment tomorrow before Municipal Judge Alex Clark. Boast Reported Police arrested the youth after a friend told them he had boasted of striking “an old woman.” The informant was also questioned but was later released.
Inspector O'Neal said the youth at first steadfastly denied any knowledge of the case. But when confronted by evidence he took them to the Richardson home, pointed out the spot where he struck Mrs. Richardson and reof [enacted the crime. “I went to the house and ‘asked her if I could drive her,” he was quoted by police as saying. “She said she already had a boy to drive but asked me to come in. I knew her. I had driven her car
“Inside the house I told her
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a| knocking her fell she nit her head on the baseboard. After she was down I kicked her in the face with my right heel. She was moaning at first but she got quiet. Then I took her pocketbook.” The boy told Inspector O'Neal and Police Chief Rouls he took the $40 and some change out of the purse and left it on the | back porch. Police revealed that Webster had driven the elderly woman to the corner grocery a few hours previously and taken a $40 personal check in to be cashed. The grocer today identified Webster and said when he returned to the car with the money Mrs. Richardson had waved her| ——— thanks to him. It was the last time he saw Mrs. Richardson alive, the grocer said. Webster resides with his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs: Elbert Suber. Mrs. Suber said his parents were divorced and Charles had Jived with them “most of his life.” “He has never been in any trouble and has been a good boy,” she said. “I don’t know what's come over him.” Police said Webster had no record of previous trouble with the exception of being accused of the theft of some ice cream several weeks ago. At that time, police said, his parents were told to take him to Juvenile Aid Authorities for correction.
Find Blood Spot
Police found a jsmall spot of! blood on the base board of the
{room where the boy said Mrs.
Richardson struck her head in falling. Inspector O'Neal said the stain was about the size of a dime. The youth said he'did not carry her to the bed where she was found. Police believe she probably had managed to struggle into the bedroom before losing consciousness.
sciousness sufficiently to talk with police. Mrs. Richardson was born in Peoria, Ill, but had t most of her life in Indianapolis, according to a sister, Anna F. Lee, sole survivor. She attended Shortridge High School and was a meses of the First Presbyterian Church. Services were to be held tomorrow at 3 p. m. at Flanner & Buchanan Mortuary with burial in Crown Hill cemetery. The Rev. George A. Frantz, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church, will officiate.
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She died without regaining con-|U2
Could This Thing Happen Here?
Police Shackle Man Who Fled Nazi Terror
Given No Chance To Pay $5 Fine
By IRVING LEIBOWITZ THE MUNICIPAL courtroom was crowded. Defendants and lawyers jostled one another and spoke in hushed voices. Bailiff James Langford rapped his gavel for order. Judge Alex Clark spoke: “Jacpb Blatt, you were warned not to let your dog on the street without a leash. I fine you $5 and costs, Next case.” Minutes later, Mr, Blatt was shackled to another prisoner and marched across the street to the County jail. There, he was searched for hidden knives and guns. He almost had a DDT bath. “lI asked the bailiff for permission to go to my car to get my bilifold but he pointed to a door and said. “'Go in there if you don’t have the money to pay.” Mr. Blatt did as directed and 2d himself in jail.
=" . . *#OR FOUR hours Mr. Blatt “Could this thing happen here . . , in America?” he won-
He remeémbered the past . . . 1} yeas ago In Austria after.
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“Detter. he erica hikes were
ist with the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra and moved to 827 Dawson St. Nobody bothered him — unttl Friday — when he got his summons to appear in court. “Sure,” he “4 were't so good when I went into the Army. And when I was wounded in my hand and had
that was bad. But I. owned myself”
r o - FRIDAY was the black day. It spoiled everything for Mr. Blatt. But he didn't blame Judge Clark. “The Juage was correct in
sat in his cramped jail cell and | brooded
to give up playing the piano,
And Slap Him in Jail After Dog Runs Loose
fining he,” Nt Bind “1 was iiling to pay the fine. But they didn’t give me time.” Mr. Blatt wasn’t the only dog-owner convicted. Five others were also fined. They paid and went home. But Mr. Blatt went to jail, ’ In the bullpen he met another prisoner who was released. He told him his story. The new-found friend called Mr. Blatt's home and his father went to court, paid the fine. Mr. Blatt's six-year-old son, Robert, was waiting for him when he came home He was playing with his German police dog, Rex.
“SEE HOW much trouble Rex made for us?” his father said. “They held ze 1. 111 Tox cause he sneaked out of the house.”
He shook his head and explained to his aged father: * “I almost thought I was back in Austria. 'm glad it's over. I hope it doesn’t happen to anyone else.” * His face clouded. He remembered playing his beloved violin for five years under Fabien Sevitzky. . “Sure it wasn’t like Austria under the German heel,” he beamed suddenly. “There I would still be in jail”
Lewis Pledges Fight to Finish
Strike to Continue
‘Until Battle Is Won’
SCRANTON, Pa., Oct. 29 (UP) ~—John L. Lewis said tonight that the soft coal strike would continue “until the battle over the welfare fund is won.” He indicated he may call on the anthracite miners to join in the walkout & second time, Referring to Eastern Pennsylvania’s 80,000 hard coal miners,
Other labor news, Page 4.
who went back to the pits a few days after the coal strike started, Mr. Lewis said these ‘reserve divisions” of the United Mine Workers “may be called in when the unions needs them.” Discounts Defeat The soft coal operators, he said, “cannot defeat the UMW in the. current fight over the welfare d.” “The battle will go on until it is won,” he said. At the same time, Mr. Lewis intimated that the welfare fund issue was ome in which all organized labor has a stake. Industry in general, he said, is worried about the “spread of the welfare idea” and has “banded together” to fight that spread. He called on all organized labor to “see to it that the steel workers win their fight” and said the United Mine Workers “will help them win it.”
MARGARET AT ST. LOUIS 8t, LOUIS, Oct. 29 (UP)—Miss Margaret Truman made her St. Louis vocal debut tonight in an appearance that brought out her {mother and Vice President Alben Barkley and his frequent date.
Columnist Wilson Caming to Town
Earl Wilson, breeziest of Broadway ‘ columnists, “is coming to town. Mr. Wilson, whose column appears daily in The Times, will speak before regional Advertise. ing Club members in the Lincoln Hotel next Friday. Quip collector. and top tale-tel-ler, Mr. Wilson will spray cafe society gossip over the Fifth District Advertising Federations of America Conference with members here from Cincinnati, Louisville, Columbus, O., Dayton and Akron.
‘It Happensd Last Night’ , ... Page 21 At luncheon the Advertising Club members will hear Tom Coulter, of Booz, Allen & Hamilton, business consultants. The day will open with registration at 9 a. m. and will include a party and night cap roundup after a hockey game.
Woman, 54, Runs Purse Snatcher Out of His Shoe
AN INDIANAPOLIS housewife ran a would-be purse snatcher literally out of his shoe last night. Mrs. Kaliska Smith, 54, of 3016 Lockburn St., told police a teenaged youth grabbed her purse and started running on W. Morris St., near Meridian Bl Inst night.
MRS. SMITH screamed and pursued. The youth ran a block and crossed the street. So did Mrs. Smith, screaming for him to stop all the way.
Mr. Wilson
killed here today when
plane, flying low in fog. a ara Hing rain, struck a radio towe d burned.
oh C. Curd, of the Attorney General's Staff from Charleston,
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MEXICO CITY, Oct. 29 (UP)—Mrs. Guadalup Chavero told authorities today har husband became frigh ened and abandoned her after she gave dirth to tive ehfidrep in fifteen
As he crossed the stréet at an
the purse and continued running. As he rounded a corner he lost his left shoe. Mrs. Smith has her purse—and the shoe.
TEMPORARY FREE PARKING CLAIRTON, Pa. Det 29 (UF) —8triking coal and steel workers were given a Atala) ots city council. . It suspended operation of the city's parking meters ior the duration of the strikes.
Sjthe purse s the snatcher dropped]
Truck Rams Train, One Dead, 33 Hurt
Six Cars Derailed In Indiana Crash
Times State Service BLUFFTON, Oct. 29—A truck driver was killed and 33 passengers, including four Hoosiers; were injured late this afternoon when the truck crashed into the side of an Erie Railroad streamliner north of here. Raymond Strahm, 25, of Bluffton, was decapitated when his light truck, loaded with concrete blocks, hit the fifth coach of the speeding passenger train. 8 The diesel locomotive and the first four cars of the Jersey CityChicago train remained on the tracks but the last six coaches were derailed by the debris of the demolished truck. Authorities said the crossing is at Kingsland, a village between Bluffton and Huntington and the tracks are visible ‘for a mile on each side, _ Witnesses said passengers in the derailed cars, including many children, were screaming but none of them was seriously hurt. Taken to Hospitals The 33 injured were taken to hospitals in Bluffton and Huntington in a dozen ambulances and private automobiles. A check tonight revealed that most of the passengers had continued to their destinations after treatment. Mrs. R. D. Woodward, who lives near the crossing where the laccident occurred, said the tracks
half a mile. The Indianans injured were:
and Timothy Lyons of Marion. Most of the others were Chicagoans, presumably returni from points in the East. Sever Ohioans were listed among the injured.
expected worle stoppage before the deadline for a strike| along the entire western Gulf of | Mexico. This walkout was cons
fined to Houston.
were ripped up for more than offi
4 Others Hurt In Crackup on Allisonville Rd.
3 Other Men Near Death in Series Of Traffic Crashes
BULLETIN
Sheriff Cunningham’s office early today identified the men
Todd, $5, R. R- 4, Box 615.
Two men were instantly killed in a terrific automobile= dump truck crash early tos day at 46th St. and the Alli{sonville Rd.
Four other persons were injured in'the smashup, two of them seriously. The crash in the early hours of the morning climaxed a night of c violence on city streets in ich three other persons were tically injured. Two men lay near death in {General Hospital after a bullet[punctuated police chase that
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at South St. and Rantuchy ys ‘when a car doing better than
Two men riding in the rear ‘were also tossed clear of the wreckage but were believed seri ously injured. All were taken to the General Hospital. None of them were identified. The car was registered in the name of Amos Epperson, R. R, 4, Box 612. Rolls Against Bank In the dump truck were Mr, and Mrs. Robert E. Zollner, 4248 Norwaldo Ave. They were not believed injured seriously, Both were taken to General. The truck rolled against a bank after the crash, Critically injured in the South St-Kentucky Ave. crash were Charles Black, 21, Hanna Rd. and new Rd. 67, the driver, according ' to police, and Lawrence Johnson, 25, of 4636 Gadson St. The car struck the polé after a chase through downtown streets by Police Inspector Ralph Bader. His police car skidded to a stop & few feet behind the wrecked auto« mobile, Both men were unconscious. Inspector Bader said the chase started at West and Washington Sts. At Washington St. and Senate Ave, the inspector said, the driver tried to force him from the street. He fired two shots at the speeding car, The crash followed a few minutes later. Receives Fractured Skull The car-bus victim was James P. Harvey, 26, of 413 W. Lewis St., Plainfield, who lay in General Hospital with a fractured skull after the head-on collision of his car with the Plainfield bus. In the bus-car crash, sheriff's deputies sald Mr. Harvey apparently was trying to pass another automobile when he smashed into the front of the bus. Ralph Hayden, Plainfield, ope erator of the bus, told deputies - he tried to swerve out of the path of the car but was unable to do So because of heavy
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